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Mount Royal Park Lookout, Design(1906) Montreal, QC, Canada Recreational, Park pavilion; stone; wood; wall bearing Client: [City of Montreal] Description: In 1874, the City of Montreal entrusted Frederick Law Olmstead with the design of the Mount Royal park. The land was comprised of four-hundred thirty acres, and had been expropriated after 1869 at a total cost of more than one million dollars. The Park followed the lead of the principal cities of Europe and of several big American cities, particularly New York’s Central Park, the latter also designed by Olmstead. The choice of Olmstead, the most eminent landscape architect at the time, assured Montreal of a park worthy of its name. Olmstead was to bring more than prestige to the city: he left the evidence of a social ideal and of a special vision of the role of nature in urban fabric.
In 1906, the Maxwell brothers collaborated extensively with urban planners and landscape architects as they did with artists and craftsmen. A good example of this was the design of the Pavilion and Lookout for Mount Royal Park. This project was done in collaboration with the firm of Marchand & Haskell. The project was developed in accordance with Olmstead’s master plan for the park. The two firms designed a platform and a magnificent Beaux-Arts style pavilion depicting a on the edge of the cliff. The general plan is characterised by the use of native plants and trees. The lookout consisted of a large circular terrace with a balustrade that complemented the lines of the chalet. The terrace offers the spectator a magnificent view of the city. Its centre was marked by flagpole and the composition of the layout was a careful design of different textures and lawns. Holdings: Park pavilion; stone; wood; wall bearing | |
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